William Friedkin

All the same, my last real interview was at Cannes in May 2006, when I talked with William Friedkin, Tracy Letts and Michael Shannon, the director, writer and star of Bug.

Roger Ebert: 'I'm happy I don't look worse' 2011

To Kermode the 1973 film directed by William Friedkin "remains a constant source of fascination", and never lets him down when he watches it.

Crane.tv: WATCH: BAFTA Nominations For Orange Rising Star Award Crane.tv 2011

"Bug" had its U.S. premiere at Woolly Mammoth in 2000 and became a 2006 film starring Ashley Judd and directed by William Friedkin "The Exorcist".

Tracy Letts, a playwright at home in role as an actor 2011

Witness his paranoiac performance in Bug, the William Friedkin directed film version of the Tracy Letts' play -- Shannon re-imagined his stage performance with electrifying intensity.

Brad Balfour: Don't Make The Mistake of Missing Actor Michael Shannon in His Latest Off-Broadway Play or Sundance Shocker Brad Balfour 2011

He was replaced by William Friedkin The Birthday Party, The French Connection, who remains highly enthusiastic about the landmark movie: It's one of the few films that I've made that I can still watch.

Penelope Andrew: Gay Icons and American Dreams in New Documentary: Making the Boys Penelope Andrew 2011

To Kermode the 1973 film directed by William Friedkin "remains a constant source of fascination", and never lets him down when he watches it.

Crane.tv: WATCH: BAFTA Nominations For Orange Rising Star Award Crane.tv 2011

Years later, when I interviewed William Friedkin and told him I'd snuck into both The Exorcist and Cruising, he responded that I owed him six dollars.

Alex Simon: My First R-rated Movie or... How I Became the James Bond of Covert Forbidden Film Viewing Alex Simon 2011

The series honors the recently deceased Peter Falk with heist-happy "The Brinks Job," directed by William Friedkin , and continues with a long crime spree, including Richard Fleischer 's "The Last Run" ( George C. Scott as a mob driver on one last caper) and Larry Peerce 's "The Incident" ( Tony Musante and Martin Sheen as psychos stalking the subways).

Up on the Roof and Courting a Prince of New York Steve Dollar 2011

Q: I'm glad that they're making another Tracy Letts play, Killer Joe, into a film with William Friedkin directing it.

Brad Balfour: Don't Make The Mistake of Missing Actor Michael Shannon in His Latest Off-Broadway Play or Sundance Shocker Brad Balfour 2011

Then a young director named William Friedkin knocked on his door, seeking a lead actor for a cop film based on a true story, to be called The French Connection (1970).

John Farr: The Hard-Won Legacy of Gene Hackman 2010